Friday, November 15, 2013
Locust Grove bulletin for Nov. 17, 2013
Locust Grove
A
Journey with Jesus
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Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Scott Bontrager Offering Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill
Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Primary SS
Offering for Heifer, Int.
Greeting
Time
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture – Acts 2:1-21
Sermon – “What We Believe:
Holy Spirit”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Ushers/Greeters – LeRoy & Pauline Hochstetler and Dana
& Donna Sommers
Nursery – Dave &
Jail Service – Locust Grove
Offerings & Attendance – 11/10/13
General Fund - $ 2,478.26 Attendance
– 161
Designations
- $ 161.36
Today, 3:00 PM – Christmas Choir practice
Wed. Nov. 20, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection
Thurs. Nov. 21 - WMSC
Thurs. Nov. 21, 6:00 PM – Praise Team practice
Sun. Nov. 24, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The November
WMSC project is Relief Kits for MCC. The list of items needed is in your
mailbox. You may donate the entire list
or selected items from the list. Place
them in a box at the corner of the fellowship hall.
The
monthly WMSC meeting is this Thursday.
Rachael Hochstedler and Donna Sommers will be in charge of the kitchen
and Donna Sommers will have devotions.
The LACS Bazaar & Auction will be on
Saturday, Nov. 23.
On
Nov. 24, you will be asked to mark all names of persons you feel have the gifts
to serve as an Elder. Please be in
prayer about this process.
Five annual
reports for the 2012-2013 church year are still
due.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
Volunteers are
needed to furnish 5 veggie trays for
the Community Thanksgiving Meal at Grace
Christian Fellowship on Nov. 28. Workers
are also needed that day to prepare and serve the food. Please call 651-1991 if you can help with the
meal. And let Cheryl
Mast know if you can provide a veggie try.
We
are looking for a few people to help with the Christmas play on Dec. 15. These will be small acting parts with little
or no speaking involved. Please see Kim,
Katrina or Sherry if you are interested in helping with this.
On Dec. 15 at 6:00 PM we will be having a Christmas
program. Please plan to join us for an
evening of story, special music, and singing Christmas carols as we explore “A Christmas to Believe In”. Invite your family and friends to
enjoy this fun evening of celebration.
Remember
to bring your food donations that will go to Salvation
Army.
St.
Joe County Right to Life is gathering signatures again for the pro-life newspaper
insert in January. So, for the next 2
Sundays, there will be papers on the console by the library where you can print your name and address to show your
stand against abortion.
The next
Red Cross Blood
Drive at Locust Grove will be January
6, 2014 .
MYF – Nov.
24, 5-7:00 – Meet at Clint & Jen Gautsche’s; Dec. 8, 5-7:00 PM – Meet at Bill & Janelle Lederman’s
Birthday Greetings go to:
Nov. 25 – Doug Schwartz;
Nov. 28 – Matt Hasbrouck, Marshall Farrand; Nov. 29 – Sheila Moore, Dylan
Wiechart; Dec. 1 – Ethan Schrock
Anniversary Greetings go to: There are no anniversaries Nov. 25-Dec.
1.
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
-
With expectant parents – Matt
& Heather Farrand (January), Brad & Jayme Geers
(February); Brian & Rachel Oswald (February)
- With
the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With our college students – Sierra
Eichorn, Ashley Hasbrouck,
Christen
Kahila, and Courtney Troyer
- With Matt & Heather Farrand and
their son Marshall who will celebrate his first birthday on
Nov. 28. Their address is 241
Osborn Road , Bronson , MI 49028 Marshall !
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: Evelyn Blucker, Dave Coblentz, Erma Eash, Heather Farrand,
Bill Kerschner, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, and Andrea Yeager
